Best Of Tanzania & Zanzibar – High End

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport, you will be met by your driver and transferred to Accommodation. Settle into your accommodation, ready to start your safari proper in the next morning. If time allows, a complimentary town tour to explore Arusha town and visit a local market can be arranged.

Overnight: Ilboru Safari Lodge/Gran Melia Arusha.

After breakfast, you will start your journey drive to Tarangire National Park approximately 120 km and 2.5 – 3 hours from Arusha. This lovely park is famously known as the elephant paradise. ancient baobab trees and highest number of breeding bird species especially during the dry season. Tarangire National Park is also packed with wildlife such as big cats like lions, cheetahs and leopards, but also the seldom seen Kudu, Oryx and Gerenuk. If you are lucky, you can even spot the tree-climbing python. The Tarangire River draws huge herds of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, as well as predators who prey upon them. In the afternoon you will have a picnic Lunch at the park and continue enjoying your afternoon Game drive.

Dinner and overnight: Tarangire Safari Lodge/Marera Valley View

After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, you continue with the game drive until the evening when you drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively-tusked elephants.

Dinner & Overnight: Pamoja Olea Farm Lodge.

After breakfast, you will depart from the accommodation heading towards North of Serengeti national Park approximately via Ngorongoro highlands, Enjoy stunning view along the way to Serengeti. Serengeti offers unmatched wildlife experiences, including the iconic Great migration, where over 1.5 million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of zebras, gazelles and elands move in search of water and grazing. It also boasts the highest concentration of large carnivores, including lions, leopards, cheetahs and hyenas. As well as over 28 herbivore species such as buffalo, hippos and zebras. With more than 540 bird species, including many migratory ones, it’s a paradise for birdwatchers.

Dinner & Overnight: Serengeti Mara Tented Camp/Baobab Mara Luxury Camp

After breakfast, you will depart from the accommodation heading towards North of Serengeti national Park approximately via Ngorongoro highlands, Enjoy stunning view along the way to Serengeti. Serengeti offers unmatched wildlife experiences, including the iconic Great migration, where over 1.5 million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of zebras, gazelles and elands move in search of water and grazing. It also boasts the highest concentration of large carnivores, including lions, leopards, cheetahs and hyenas. As well as over 28 herbivore species such as buffalo, hippos and zebras. With more than 540 bird species, including many migratory ones, it’s a paradise for birdwatchers.

Dinner & Overnight: Serengeti Mara Tented Camp/Baobab Mara Luxury Camp

After breakfast, depart for a full-day game drive in the Central Serengeti (Seronera), the heart of the park and one of the richest wildlife habitats in Africa. This area is renowned for its year-round game viewing and high concentration of predators, including lions, leopards, and cheetahs.

Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives across the vast plains, with a picnic lunch served at a scenic location inside the park. Depending on the season, you may encounter large herds of wildebeest and zebras as part of the Great Migration. In the late afternoon return to your accommodation for relaxation.

Dinner & Overnight: Into Wild Africa/Signature Serengeti Luxury Tented Camp.

After breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive in the Serengeti, offering a final opportunity to spot wildlife and capture memorable moments.

Later, proceed with a scenic drive towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with en-route game viewing across the plains. As you ascend into the Ngorongoro Highlands, enjoy breathtaking views of the crater and surrounding landscapes

Optional Activity: Early morning Hot Air Balloon Safari followed by a bush breakfast in the Serengeti plains (Available at an additional Cost).

Dinner & Overnight: Ngorongoro Lion’s Paw/ Ngorongoro Melia Lodge.

After breakfast you will start your crater game drive. The Ngorongoro caldera is the largest unbroken, unflooded caldera in the world with a diameter approximately 20 kilometers and a depth of 600 meters. Expect to see animals such as Black rhinos, buffalo, zebras, pride of lions, leopard, cheetahs, hyenas and gazelles plus flamingo in Lake Magadi. On the early afternoon you will be transferred to Arusha Airport for your flight to Zanzibar.

Dinner & Overnight: Royal Zanzibar Beach resort/Riu Palace Zanzibar.

Enjoy laid-back beach life on this tropical island. You can spend the entire day at the beach, since the beaches in this northern part of the island are not as tidal. The village has a nature reserve for turtles where you can feed the turtles and even swim with them. The hotel also organizes activities like a village walk, scuba diving, snorkeling, jet skiing and fishing that you can book and pay directly.

Dinner & Overnight: Royal Zanzibar Beach resort/Riu Palace Zanzibar.

After breakfast, you drive to Stone town, where you go on a spice tour. After this you visit the lively Sone Town, which is the cultural and historical heart of Zanzibar. Stone Town is a melting pot of Arab, Persian, Indian and European cultures which makes Stone Town so unique. In the late afternoon you return to your accommodation for Dinner & Overnight.

Dinner & Overnight: Zanzibar serena Hotel/Emerson Spice Hotel.

You will wake up and have a leisurely breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast your private driver transfers you to Zanzibar Airport for international flight.